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A new holiday experience is coming to Redding.

The Garden of Lights opens the day after Thanksgiving at Turtle Bay's McConnell Botanical Gardens with the promise of a million colorful lights strung from shrubs and trees, glimmering in the night.

"It's a walking experience where you go through each section. You look at the lights and enjoy them, and slowly move as a group," said Seth McGaha, spokesman for Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

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"It's thrilling for kids and adults alike to walk through and see all the animations and the music. It's a really great experience," McGaha said.

An employee night Thursday offered a peek of what the public will be able to see from Nov. 27 to Dec. 27.

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Visitors will entera holiday village where food and campfires are situatedbefore they take aone-way path that meanders through 10 acres of festive lights.

The highlights are a Candy Cane Causeway with a scent of peppermint in the air and nearly 200 feet of light tunnels. There's also an illuminated gazebo with a bench where people were taking holiday photos duringThursday's rehearsal.

The Garden of Lights at Turtle Bays McConnell Arboretum debuts Nov. 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving. For tickets, go to Reddinggardenoflights.org. Redding Record Searchlight

McGaha said masks are required when people enter but are optional the rest of the way in the garden for household groups, who are also asked to socially distance.

The Garden of Lights is locatedon the north side of the Sundial Bridge at 844 Sundial Bridge Drive.

For out-of-towners, the nearby Sheraton Redding Hotel is offering overnight packages.

McGaha recommends guests buy tickets online at Redding Garden of Lightsto receive a $5 discount. Children up to 5 years old are free and there's various prices for adults with discounts for Turtle Bay members.

Two people walk through an illuminated tunnel in the Garden of Lights at Turtle Bay's McConnell Botanical Gardens during employee night on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.(Photo: Mike Chapman/Record Searchlight)

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Mike Chapman is a reporter and photographerfor the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif. His newspaper career spans Yreka andEureka in Northern California and Bellingham, Wash. Follow him onTwitter@mikechapman_RS.Subscribe today!

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